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Qué (quién) es GRASPING - definición
ACT OF TAKING, HOLDING OR SEIZING FIRMLY WITH (OR AS IF WITH) THE HAND
Grasping; Raking grasp; Pincer grasp; Whole hand grasp
grasp
[gr?:sp]
¦ verb
1. seize and hold firmly.
take (an opportunity) eagerly.
2. comprehend fully.
¦ noun
1. a firm grip.
a person's capacity to attain something: success was within his grasp.
2. a person's understanding.
Derivatives
graspable adjective
grasper noun
Origin
ME: perh. related to grope.
Grasping
·adj Seizing; embracing; catching.
II. Grasping ·adj Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man.
grasp
(grasps, grasping, grasped)
1.
If you grasp something, you take it in your hand and hold it very firmly.
He grasped both my hands...
She was trying to grasp at something.
VERB: V n, V at n
see also grasping
2.
A grasp is a very firm hold or grip.
His hand was taken in a warm, firm grasp.
N-SING: with supp
3.
If you say that something is in someone's grasp, you disapprove of the fact that they possess or control it. If something slips from your grasp, you lose it or lose control of it.
The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages...
She allowed victory to slip from her grasp.
...the task of liberating a number of states from the grasp of tyrants.
N-SING: with poss, oft in/from N
4.
If you grasp something that is complicated or difficult to understand, you understand it.
The Government has not yet grasped the seriousness of the crisis...
He instantly grasped that Stephen was talking about his wife.
VERB: V n, V that
5.
A grasp of something is an understanding of it.
They have a good grasp of foreign languages.
N-SING: with supp, usu N of N
6.
If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
Peace is now within our grasp.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
Wikipedia
Grasp
A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands.
In zoology particularly, prehensility is the quality of an appendage or organ that has adapted for grasping or holding.
Grasping is often preceded by reaching, which is highly dependent on head and trunk control, as well as eye control and gaze.
Ejemplos de uso de GRASPING
1. She is shameless, hypocritical, vain, arrogant and grasping.
2. Scudamore and Foster should be applauded for grasping the nettle.
3. Grasping at straws, Morales last week expelled U.S.
4. In Beeston people were having difficulty grasping the consequences.
5. Perhaps at last our political leaders are grasping the point.